GAT Subject General Aptitude MCQs

'But' joins two independent clauses of equal grammatical importance.
It is one of the standard coordinating conjunctions.

'Honesty' names a quality rather than a physical object.
Names of qualities, ideas, or states are abstract nouns.

'Alas!' expresses sudden emotion, especially sorrow or regret.
Such standalone emotional expressions are interjections.

'Him' is the objective form required after the verb 'praised.'
Object pronouns receive the action of a verb.

Multiplication is performed before addition.
Thus, 3 × 4 = 12 and 5 + 12 = 17.

The operation inside parentheses is completed first.
Then 12 ÷ 3 = 4.

The digit 7 is in the thousands place.
Therefore, its place value is 7 × 1,000 = 7,000.

A prime number has exactly two positive factors: 1 and itself.
The number 29 is not divisible by 2, 3, or 5.

The common factors of 36 and 48 include 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.
The greatest of these is 12.

Multiples of 8 are 8, 16, 24, and so on.
The first multiple also divisible by 12 is 24.

A number is divisible by 9 when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
For 5,832, the digit sum is 18.

'Running' is an -ing form functioning as the subject of the sentence.
A verb form used as a noun is called a gerund.